they can put some pretty rudimentary information in the tax filing filings and we might never know a lot of forces behind some of the spending. >> woodruff: so is there any backlash to that? and what are the lessons being talked about, the lessons learned from this election? >> well, there are many efforts right now to pass legislation to change this. there are a lot of questions about the rule by the irs, is or is not cracking down on these groups, which are social welfare therkz are politically active. i think there will be increased scrutiny. whether anything can happen and change i think is really going to be up to congress. >> woodruff: eliza, how do you see the future in the next election, in the next election for these groups? >> well, they're gog continue growing and they're going to remain very active and they're going to keep pushing the envelope as much as they can but i think there's a sense of inevitability in the so-called reform lobby that this is going to lead to scandal and corruption, and i think there's a growing sense on capitol hill that this system ast is curren